Ogopogo!

This one took me a little longer than an evening, to work out the details of the mechanics, finding a way to do it so that they did what I wanted and didn’t interfere with each other. I think the motion on this one is exactly as it should be!

I’m not sure exactly where this is going, as I’m not intending to make too many of these little toys. I am finding learning about the mechanics interesting, and am now getting quite good at being able to make what I want in my little woodshop of a studio. I’m looking at a few other kinds of things for methods of constructing things- weathervanes, marionettes, etc. I’d love to get some sound in there as well- music box style. I am envisioning this combining with other things in my repertoire, once I feel I’ve got some basic skills and knowledge of the material and process. I think this is the beginnings of “post-IMR” (although I’m not quite done with that yet….).